Plan part of new initiative intended to ensure Britain produces
'the great scientists of tomorrow'Gordon Brown will today announce
ambitious targets to increase the numbers of pupils studying
sciences and maths in state schools.The plan is part of an
initiative intended to ensure that Britain produces "the great
scientists of tomorrow".Brown will argue that investment in science
is key to the UK's future competitiveness.He will signal his
ambition to shift the UK economy away from its over-dependence on
financial services and towards science and technology.In a speech
being delivered in Oxford, the prime minister will promise not to
let science become "a victim of the recession", vowing to protect
its funding from competing demands for government support during
the downturn.He will announce initiatives to encourage graduates
with science, maths and IT degrees who lose their jobs during the
recession to retrain as teachers – part of a drive to ensure...